The 2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Version of the Winter Olympics from Vancouver ended tonight.  I always enjoy the Winter Olympics much more than the summer games. In the summer the only events I really follow are Swimming and Diving, and  Gymnastics.  

Winter Olympics have so much more.  Here are my Top 10 favorite moments of these Winter Games. 

10.  Canadian Figure Skater Joannie Rochette taking bronze after her mother died.

9.  J.R. Celski  returning to the Short-Track for the first time since an injury to his leg and taking Bronze in the 1500 Meters.

8.  The girl who fell while hotdogging in the 2006 Olympics, when she would have won the Gold without it, failed to redeem herself by going off couse in one of the heats in her event. 

7.  Canada wins their first ever Olympic medal (Summer or Winter) on Canadian soil, and then goes on to win 13 more.

6.  The Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden won a grand total of ZERO medals in the Nordic Combined Events.   The last time that happened was in 1988 when the Olympics were also held in Canada--Calgary.

5.  The USA won their first medal ever in Nordic Combined, and won a medal in all 3 events, 4 in total--One Gold and 3 Silver.

4.  The USA 1 Sled with Steven Holcomb won the first USA Olympic medal in a Bobsleigh race since 1948.

3.  The fourth arm of the Olympic Torch not going up in the Opening Ceremonies.

2.  The announcers getting all excited about how the drivers in the 2nd heat of the two man Bobsleigh were doing so much better than the first run, while I couldn't help but notice that the times were slightly slower for the 2nd heat.

1.  The Aerials.  I don't think I've ever watched them before but I was truly impressed by the Women who soared 4 stories into the air.  Then the men just were even more amazing.  Makes me wonder how this sport even got started.

Although I got annoyed by most of the announcers by Day 3, I truly enjoyed this Olympics.  Now I only hope that we see new people in many of the sports in 2014.